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NGINXvsstorj

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

NGINXstorj
Score84/10061/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Web Servers#4 of 7 in Distributed Storage
GitHub stars32 0023 284
Stars, last 30 days+278+2
Stable releases, 12 months2139
Latest releaserelease-1.31.8 · 21 Oct 2026v1.165.6 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseBSD-2-ClauseAGPL-3.0
Main languageCGo

Which one should you pick?

NGINX scores 84/100 against 61/100 for storj, so it is the safer default.

storj ships more often: 39 stable releases in the past year, against 21 for NGINX.

If you want the quickest setup, NGINX is easier to run; storj needs more configuration.

NGINX is growing faster right now (+278 stars in 30 days).

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